>> reporter: firefighters are on the scene, one of three fires that happened within a couple of blocks within a couple of hours of eve -- of each other. dozens of kids are sick at a science camp. one local principal in novato is doing to help get the kids home. and tickets for the giants' next season go on sale in two hours. but only certain people can buy them. good morning.

i'm tori campbell. >> i'm mike mibach. dave clark is off. it's thursday, february 3rd. we begin with the story that's still unfolding in san francisco. right now crews are on the scene of three separate fires in the castro district just blocks apart. claudine wong has been talking with investigators to see if the fires are connected. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yes, that's the big question out here. three fires. this is 17th and harvard. the other two fires are a couple blocks away. all fires are out at this hour. but you can see there is still a lot of activity and arson investigators are gonna be very busy trying to figure out if all of these fires are connected. certainly, firefighters are very suspicious. let's talk about this fire first. this is video of the firefight as it was underway. in the last several months, i took to firefighters and they said the fire got into all

three floors of the -- floors of the building. no one lived in the building. i want to show you some video from the other seen, just a block away at 16th and market. more than two dozen people have been displaced. firefighter the say -- [no aud audio ] >> i overheard them talking to each other that there was another fire around the corner. >> hard to believe?

>> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. >> reporter: back out here live. it's been a remarkable morning. at this point if you -- if you come to where all of these fires happened, you will find several streets shut down. the firefighters want to stay in a holding pattern to let arson investigators come in here and search for a cause before they do their overhaul. obviously a lot of questions still need to be answered. we're gonna head down to the street and head to where they think the pile of construction materials is, which they believe is what started the fire. back to you. >> thank you. dozens of bay area children were sent home sick from a school cam. trip. within the past 0 minutes we

learned of 0 students -- past 30 minutes we've learned of students being picked up. kraig debro has more. >> reporter: good morning, mike. i spoke to the principal here at this school in novato and she said she's making phone calls in that office right now trying to get the kids home from damp -- from camp. not every kid is sick. i spoke to her about 30 minutes ago. she said one of the kids needed to be lifeflighted from walker creek ranch. we called the principal within the after the last 15 minutes and he's -- within the last 15 minutes and they don't know what caused the illness but it seems to have started in the bobcat cabin, one of the overnight lodging facilities there. seven of the first 11 people to get sick were staying in that cabin. the symptoms include diarrhea and vomiting. it's not unusual for fifth and sixth graders to pass a virus

in such close quarters, but the principal says 56 of the 250 people at the ranch got sick this week. >> that's a big irthan norm -- bigger-than-normal number, so we want to make sure that the kids are safe and get them home to get healthy again. >> reporter: again, grant says none of the kids or staff members were transported to the hospital. of the 56 students who got sick, all of the students are fifth graders. parents are in the process of picking up kids as well. students in danville are among those who are sick. the principal says they haven't pinpointed the cause. but the first people who got sick, they are from the same cabin. i'm gonna talk to the principal again. she will talk to us or get the superintendent to talk to us.

she said nothing like this has ever happened before. back to you. we're continuing to follow the tent situation on the streets of cairo, egypt. these are live pictures from tahrir square, or liberty square, in the center of cairo and there are continued clashes between pro-government and anti- government demonstrators. you can see quite a lot of people gathered there. some people to be carrying large white banners. for the first time egyptian army tanks and soldiers are intervening to keep the two sides apart. the military was criticized for standing by yesterday as the demonstrators battled with rocks, bottles and fire worms. egypt is apologizing for the attacks on the anti-government protesters. president obama made his latest comments on the violence in egypt within the last hour at a national prayer breakfast. we'll have a live report with

what he had to say coming up in 15 minutes. at that prayer breakfast, astronaut mark kelly, who is the huz of -- who is the huz of giffords, gave the closing -- who is the husband of giffords, gave the closing remarks just moments ago. >> why was gabby shot 57 left clinging to life? we can't ever know the answer to these questions. but thank god gabby survives. >> kelly says doctors are continuing to be impressed with the recovery she's making with her brain injury. we want to check in with sal. >> tori and mike, westbound market is open. you can get through there,

eastbound heading out towards the -- toward the bay, if you will, still closed on market street because of that fire. so we'll keep you updated on that. claudine wong remains on the scene. let's take a look at san francisco freeways. northbound 101 looks good coming up to the toll plaza -- i'm sorry to the toll plaza. no major problems there. >> speaking of the toll plaza, well, the toll plaza looks okay, westbound. it's nice to see it this way. i'm wondering if there's anything blocking traffic somewhere upstream. there is an accident went 580 at grand avenue -- accident westbound 580 at grand avenue. there is also a crash at san pablo dam road, you might have some people on the east shore or 580 that are not getting through yesterday. and moving along to the livermore area. westbound 580 looks good. and no major problems there. if you are on the nimitz, a little bit of slowing,

southbound in union city. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. we do have a little different pattern. it's cold out there. even though it's mostly clear. only some patchy fog at best. temperatures drop right on down into a lot of 30s. i will show you those in just a second. it does look like more sunshine tomorrow. the seven to hen-day outlook, patchy fog, a lot of sun, mild and warm. we might see a pattern change around the middle of the month. we'll see. the higher clouds coming down by the oregon border but high pressure says that's about all i'm going to let him. colder lows. a lot of 30s. temperatures you can see right there, those higher clouds. i'm kind of reaching. sonoma 34. gilroy's in there, bethel island, 35.

pleasanton 37. 1 at fairfield, 32, santa rosa. cold there, redwood city. a lot of 30s and a couple of 40s. the wind is not a big factor. easterly, normallerly, but -- northerly, 10 for most. a whopper of a system but it's going way to the north. mostly sunny and mild. that cold low. so bundle up by this afternoon. it won't be too bad in the sun. some patchy fog also showing up on the coast. vallejo and benicia, 60. pittsburg, 61. not much of a change here. walnut creek, 63. 62 hayward, 64 santa clara, san jose, morgan hill, everyone close including sunnyvale and fremont. upper 50 the on the coast -- 50s on the coast. sfo has a west breeze at 3.

mostly sunny, fair, mild to warm as we go into the weekend. back to you. >> thank you, steve. today's your first chance to get regular season tickets for the giants. the tickets go on sale at 10:00 this morning but only if you have a visa credit card. the giants are giving visa cardholders the first opportunity to buy regular season tickets on website before they go on sale to the general public. this online only deal lasts until 11:59 friday night. regular tickets go on sale this saturday at 9:00 a.m. and while you are getting your tickets you may want to head to at&t park this weekend. the giants are hosting fan fest this saturday. while there you can can get autographs from team members, walk on the field and sit in the dugout and can is take a picture with the world series trophy. as we mentioned, police are now getting involved in the unrest in egypt. we'll take you inside the chaos

and we'll find out what's happening today to many western journalists. those who want to own pit bulls and have this killing machine on the end of a leash, it's not right. >> neighbors are furious because pit bull owners are returning to their east bay home. and eggs that leads to a lawsuit against a supermarket chain.

good morning. traffic is moving along okay on market street. part of it is getting through  here but part of it is shut down near 16th and market. now the market street detour is still in place for some people trying to get into an out of the castro.

we'll keep you posted. again, the muni car is turning around a little farther down the block. it's not getting through all the way to castro and market. >> we'll keep you updated on that situation. thank you, sal. 7:1. we're getting reports out of -- 7:14. we're getting reports that heavy gunfire has broken out between the demonstrators. president obama is making a new appeal -- appeal on behalf of the egyptian people this morning. >> reporter: good morning. president obama says he's praying a better day will dawn over egypt. he participated in the national prayer breakfast in d.c. and spoke briefly about the crisis in egypt. >> we pray that the violence in egypt will end and that the rights and aspirations of the egyptian people will be realized. as more gunfire erupts this morning, president obama is facing mounting criticism that he is not being forceful enough

in shaping events there and he's not taking questions about it from reporters. the white house is emphasizing that president obama was very firm when he talked on the phone to egyptian president, hosni mubarak, urging him to begin the political transition now. also new this morning, the leaders of five european nations issued a joint statement echoing president obama's calls for a peaceful political transition. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. we're also hearing this morning that the egyptian military has started robbing up journalists possibly for their own -- rounding up journalists possibly for their own protection after they, too, came under attack from -- under attack from pro-government supporters. as we told you yesterday,

several tv crews reported being attacked. cnn's crew was hit and punched. today a greek journalist was stabbed in the leg. a photographer had his equipment smashed and two correspondents with al-jazeera were also attacked. the senate on the fort hood shooting suspect who is accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others, and the senate report says the fbi failed to share information with the military about his extremist views. the pentagon has not yet made changes to identify extremism as a danger and discharge of service members who express those views. statements a will be the court of a -- focus of a court

haring regarding pipe bombs. you shock's attorneys want to toss out -- youshock's attorneys want to toss out certain parts of the report. and phillip garrido is scheduled to appear in court. the judge will consider his mental competency and whether he can resume making phone calls to his wife from jail. he and his wife, nancy, are accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard and holding her can'ttive for 18 years. they are -- captive for 18 years. they are likely to be held separately. some people in one neighborhood say they don't feel safe.

that's because two pit bulls who killed last week will be returning home. protesters are planning a demonstration and are not ready to accept annal.gy by the pit bulls' owners. >> we're very concerned that we have dangerous dogs about it. >> they are apologetic, they are sorry. they are taking steps to make sure it won't happen again and we're satisfied if it won't. >> since the pit balls attacked a dog and not a person, the police say and there are no other incidents of violent attacks on file, the owners have the right to keep the dog. a san francisco teacher is part of class-action lawsuit. she did not know the eggs she purchased at safeway were part of a recall. safeway says it does post notification of recalls on its

websites, send out press releases. how far -- sedes out press release -- sends out press releases. however, they should contact the customers about the recalls as well. all right. b.a.r.t. riders may have noticed some changes during their morning commute. the special team formed by the agency and two groups they are focusing on. on sale today, the one group for people verizon does not want to see buy their iphones just yet. good morning. southbound 101 marin county between novato and san rafael. not a bad-looking commute. we'll tell you more about the commute and bay weather straight ahead.

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and dig out cars buried in the blizzard. people are being warned to stay indoors because the wind chill could hit 30 below. some schools are closed for a second day in a row in chicago. in the meantime, thousands of people are stranded at airports. just a short time ago, sfo officials told us chicago flights headed to san francisco are cancelled. 13,000 flights across the u.s. were cancelled over the past two days, creating a huge backlog of passengers. the wireless carrier, verizon, opened up orders at misdemeanor night our time last night. the phones will be delivered by next thursday. apple says it will allow customers to place an order next wednesday and pick up the phones at one of its stores the following day.

verizon does not -- verizon does not everyone to get their hands on the fire. they are asking employees and families to hold off buying them so make sure there is enough for the customers. verizon is not saying how many iphones it has available. but analysts expect to get 1 -- 11 million subscribers. today is the start of the lunar year. that means a big celebration in the bay area. preparations are underway for the chinese new year's parade. workers are busy getting floats ready. it will take place on february 19th starting the a -- starting at 6:00 p.m. you can watch it live right here. and we'll be bugging steve for the forecast. >> it's been rainy -- >> yeah, sometimes it is. we'll have to keep an eye on it. we'll keep an eye on

traffic. it's 7:24 on this thursday morning. sal joining us. hey, sal. >> you know, mike mibach is very popular at these events. >> not as popular -- as you, sal. >> good morning. let's take a look at the commute now, the traffic is moving along okay on 280 northbound getting up to highway 17. it's a little bit slow here but it's typical traffic. we don't have any delays. one of our -- someone who tweets me regularly said there was a delay on win chess ter -- winchester. she was late to class and a couple of other riders were about ten minutes late this morning which kind of sucks, i guess. let's take a look at westbound bay bridge, coming up to the toll plaza. it's lighter than usual. one more live picture. let's go to the -- or yes. 880 commute. northbound 880. that traffic is okay.

7:25. let's go to steve. >> sal, you are a rock star at those events. >> thank you, steve. >> you are. you are. skies are mostly clear. it will be a sunny day but it's cold out there temperatures with the wind tailing off, still a little breezy in the higher elevations and a component of an easterly breeze. a few high clouds coming right there. they are already in the northern sacramento valley. so mostly sunny. but no rain expected. tori is expected. around the 15th there is a possibility, kenwood and oakmont, 31 cold degrees. gilroy and sonoma, both 33. stanford and clayton checking in at 35. fulton and alamo, 36. losgatos, 37. it's cold out there. fairfield east at 6. you can't see it there. but livermore east-northeast at three. a far cry from yesterday. in the higher elevations, 20

miles an hour. no rain for a -- no rain for a while. it's a no doubt about it colder morning but some patchy fog has develop the on the -- has developed on the marin cote. 60s for some, low to mid. fremont, 6. morgan hill, 64. santacruz half moon bay, no rain here. it does look warmer as we get to friday and saturday. three separate fires in one bay area neighborhood. moments ago, we received video andny information on the still unfolding story. and commuters may have to shoulder the burden of a caltrain fiscal emergency. we'll explain -- coming up. what would you do if you saw illegal drug use on a local train? we'll tell you some san francisco reactions.

7:306789 these are live pictures from the scene at 16th and castro, where one of three separate fires has just been put out. you can see as we pan back, there's no more smoke coming from the house. but there are some people evacuated with blanket over their shoulders. all three started within the past few hours. again, just blocks apart. ktvu's claudine wong has been talking with investigators and

joins us now with some new video. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yes. we're just about two blocks from the live picture you are just looking at. we're at 17th and harvard. you can see firefighters still on the scene here. this is the third location. all fires started within a two- hour period, just a couple of blocks from each other. we still don't know the cause of the fires but we have new video to show you. i want you to take a look at the fire in the video. he appeared toluids his or her footing and fall -- he appeared to lose his or her footing and fell to the ground. no injuries from that accident. but a different firefighter turned their ankle out on the scene. i want to show you another piece of video we just got. the big question is how did these fires start and did all three start the same way. this is video we got from the -- from behind the fire building. under that plastic tarp, there was a mile -- there was a pile

of construction materials. it's damage. that has firefighters wondering if that's where the fire started. but investigators need to figure out where this fire started. this is cell phone video at market, as the flames were shooting out of the with roof -- out of the roof. sixteen people were displaced from that fire but no injuries. the very start of the, they didn't think much of it. it was a trash can fire and firefighters put it out and basically moved on. now, they are taking another look at the fire. there's obviously -- [no audio ] >> well, we've lost claudine e's audio, it sounds like --

fire investigators are still trying to figure out whether or not they are connected. we'll continue to follow the story and get back with claudine in just a moment. the labor department reported the number of em people applying for unemployment benefits dropped. first-time claims fell by 40,000 to 415,000. experts say that number will have to fall at least another 50,000 before we see a decline in the unemployment rate. continuing claims by 84,000. well, it could be a big blow to the bay area commute. in two and a half hours caltrain takes a step toward declaring a fiscal emergency. ktvu's jade hernandez is live in palo alto with the potential impact for riders and drivers. >> reporter: good morning. many of the commuters we spoke to are headed to stanford this porning -- moving. any possible station closures could force those riders out on

the roads. >> i think you would have tons of people driving to stanford university, all of a sudden the entire campus would be flooded with all of these cars. i think it would be a huge disaster. at least at the university which is where i work. >> it looks like today, caltrain is ready to take steps to declare an official emergency, a fiscal crisis is forcing caltrain to prepare for a hearing in march. this emergency could burden riders in the future with addish nal fare increases, service reductions and even station closures. caltrain is facing a 30 million deficit. in january, caltrain reduced the service and raised fares by 25 cents boosting the price from san francisco to san jose to $8.50. the spokesperson says the agency is not receiving what it used to. muni, sam transand the valley

transportation authority. caltrans receives -- carries an average of 0,000 passengers each weekday. >> we know -- 30,000 passengers each day. >> we know if this one is cut, that could be huge for me. >> the board meets at 10:00. that man you just heard from was telling me if they do make these changes and they do declare an official fiscal emergency, he and his family may have to decide to move because they need to be closer to a caltrain station. now, of course, there are others who want to make sure that caltrain snows -- knows that these stations need to stay open and the fares need to stay fair. we'll have more on that coming up on "mornings on 2." >> it is 7:35. a sacramento area community is mourning the death of an elementary school principal

shot to death right on campus. 50-year-old man was shot and killed in his office at the school in placerville. the suspected gunman is a janitor who worked at the school. classes were in session at the time of the attack. investigators say one student may have witnessed the shooting. the school was quickly put on lockdown and students were moved to county fairgrounds where they were released to their parents. >> the man leaves behind a wife and three children. his family remembers saying he loved his job and the children meant the world to him. all placerville district schools are closed this morning. at this point there's no clear word on a motive, but some parents say they've been trying to get rid of this janitor for a lock time because he was mean for children. grief counselors will be on

campus when school resumes tomorrow. investigators are trying to determine what led up to the deadly shooting. the suspected gunman is now in custody. he was arrested an hour after the shooting in his home. we're just learning that the two may have been friends. the suspect's mother says the two went golfing together just this past sunday. authorities are try to figure out whether there may have been an argument prior not shooting -- prior to the shooting. san jose say an arrest could lead them to more child care victims who were molested. keith woodhouse is in custody. all of the children are under the age of 10. now, prosecutors say he molested them in a classroom in tracy. that's the same school torched by an arsonist last july. investigators say he worked

with the children for years and there could be many more victims. b.a.r.t. released new information today on stepped-up security efforts around two routes. last week, the agency stepped up patrols on trains running into the berkeley hills tunnel. the patrols are being done by b.a.r.t.'s brand-new patrol team. the team is made possible by both the tsa and department of homeland security. >> you think most people would get uncomfortable riding a muni train. but it does not appear to be bother everything the san francisco riders in this youtube video. the video shows a passenger sprawled on the floor of a crowded train, lighting up what appears to be a crack pipe. there are dozens of muni passengers around him doing nothing. >> i think it's just san francisco. i think it was in new york. you get a bit of a different reaction. i don't know if i would really

get involved myself, to be honest. it's kind of difficult to say what the ramifications might be. >> muni says it does everything possible to keep its riders in line. at the same time, they rely on passengers to let authorities know when there's any illegal activity. >> we were talking about. just call. >> some of the service of muni has been affected because of the fires in san francisco. sal, what's it looking like on the roadways outside of the city? >> well, mike, the market street has been affected there and it's not running all the way up to castro and market this morning. let's take a look at the rest of the roads. you can see traffic on 280 northbound is looking okay getting up to highway 17. no major problems but it will be slow on 208, on 85 and also on 101 getting into the valley but the good news, we don't have any major crashes on the

way. >> also this morning at the bay bridge, it's been lighter than usual. that's great. traffic into san francisco looks good. a little bit of a delay there but nothing as bad as it normally is. >> this is haywood union city. that traffic looks okay. it looks like they are leer -- like they are clearing an accident from the san mateo bridge and the accident is now -- it looks like it turned into an arrest and a dui, east on 92 just before the toll plaza. here is is 7:00 in the morning -- here it is 7:00 in the morning and some person is being taken to jail. here's steve. a lot of 30s. once we get carriaged up up, we'll be -- cranked up, we'll be in the up ir50s and 60s -- upper 50s and 60s. we had a lot of wind.

there's still a breeze up in the higher elevations. mostly sunny, some higher clouds beginning to drop down from oregon. colder lows. a lot of 30s. we'll bundle up and be okay. spooking-- speaking those higher clouds. 31 in fairfield. yesterday at this time, they were about 50, 51. there was a north wind at 28 miles an hour. concord is 37. livermore is in at the 30s. santarosa is down to 32. 37 san rafael. 39 at oakland, i know, that's cold. 37 redwood city. 6 in stanford. north northeast napa airport 5. fairfield eat at 6. everyone else is calm. but-- east at 6. everybody else is calm. i saw higher elevations in the east bay hills at 20. yesterday was 40 to 0. a romer of a -- 40 to 60. a whopper of a system. you can see it right there.

there are signs, one forecast model today did bring some rain in around the 15th. we'll see. i think so. i think the pattern is about to change. usually when you get a big, big system like they just had in the great lakes and the northeast. usually that's the strongest system in the series. usually that's a precursor of a sign of a pattern change. there will be some higher clouds. 66 clearlake. 64 napa to sausalito's 60. they are 31 now. that 60 might be pushing it. berkeley 62. sanleandro is in there. i like 62. oakland, almeda, antioch, oakley, brentwood up in the low 60s. 64 san jose to morgan hill. santacruz only 62. same for woodside. daly city. half moon bay upper 60s. 44 right now. mostly sunny, mild, warmer. no rain yet tori but maybe on

the extended. where you can -- where you can find the happiest workers in the country and what the highest-ranked cities all have in common. [ sound of gunfire ] . >> cyclones in australia, protests in egypt. how these international events will have an impact on your grocery bill.

taking a live look at the big board on wall street, we're getting some good news from retail changes despite the

snowstorms in january. the unrest in egypt is bringing the markets down. the dow is down 23. the nasdaq down 11. s&p down, fearly 5. and the political unrest in egypt, well, it may be a world away but the problems could hit here at home. pam cook is in newsroom how the -- newsroom with how the ongoing prices along with the wild weather in australia could lead to higher prices at the grocery store. >> well, wheat prices are being set up a roller coaster. right now they are stabilized. the economists say the continuing unrest in egypt could create price fluctuation force quite some time. egypt is the largest importer of wheat which means big business for farmers here in the u.s. american farmers export each year to the middle

eastern country. sugar prices are heading higher and that's because of the cyclone in australia. this is one of the strongest storms to hit australia on record. that's combined with massive flooding already affecting the country's sugar production. analysts predict no relief in site. food companies have started to increase consumer prices because of the increase in cost of gas to get the food to the grocery store. so expect higher prices. reporting live in the newsroom, i'm pam cook. let's go back to mike. >> all right, pam. thank you. state regulators have ordered pg&e to reduce pressure on four gas pipelines. all four pipelines are buried under heavily populated areas. two run between san jose and milpitas. the third is in santa cruz county and the fourth ones --

runs from manteca to modesto. the order came after the p.u.c. discovered illegal pressure levels. it's all part of its investigation into last september's pipeline disaster in san bruno. local firefighters are worried about a state budget plan that could leave them with the without -- that could leave them without the help of firefighters. governor brown is proposing a plan to shift those responsibilities to local crews to help reduce the state deficit. the idea is to force considering costs first. it is 7:48. starting next week all teachers at helms middle school in san pablo will have to reapply for their jobs, and up to half of them will be replace. at a school board meeting last night, some peachers -- teachers spoke out against the plan. it was adopted by the west

contra costa unified school district after hel. was identified -- after helms was identified by the state as a low-performing school. >> is it controversial? yes. veteran teachers don't like to have to reapply and some issues -- issues in tenure may not be on the table. >> 60% of our staff is already new in past two years. i feel like we have a good group of teachers that's already working hard and willing to do the extra work to turn our school around. >> under the turnaround model, helms is required to transer 50% of the teachers to other schools. the school day at a bay area high school could soon start later in the morning. carlmont he'll is in belmont -- high school is in belmont. officials are considering moving the starttime to sometime after 8:30 a.m.

right now, classes start at 8:00 a.m. school officials say the change will allow tired students to get more sleep before heading too the classroom. but concerned neighbors say the move would increase traffic problems in what they say is already a busy area. a recent study found the 8:00 a.m. to the 9:00 a.m. hour is the worst traffic for traffic around that high school. a bay area employment agency say workers in utah are far more active than those in texas. small town worker worked an average of 175 hours in january. in san francisco, that figure dropped to 54 hours and in los angeles, just 23 hours. the redwood city company uses a mooney ter to see when contractors -- monitor to see when contract remembers working so the employers can be womenned accurate lit --

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in the surveillance video, he allegedly made off with $1.5 million in casino chips. he's being held in clark county jail and faces armed robbery and brashry charges. it's reported that he's the son of a municipal court judge. disagreement over who should pay for security over at&t -- at at&t park. the san francisco police association is asking the 49ers and the giants to help pay for some of its services. the union president says this issue is already taking a toll on their staffing levels. >> that's certainly gonna affect officer response and, you know, that's our number one job in the city is to get their fast for people. the giants' organization says this is the first time they've heard of an issue with security, adding that it already has an agreement with sfpd. new research shows that a

vaccine for girls can also help boys of the that's fueling a debate on whether to recommend the vaccine for boys. the vaccine is routinely given to girls starting at able 9 to prevent again knittal warts that can -- jen knittal warts that can cause cancer. 7:54. a busy morning for sal castanedo. sal, how's is looking out there? >> all right, sorry. i was catching up on some breaking news. it's been rockin' and rolling in san francisco. and i will let you know as soon as i know more about that. but it look like we might have something going on here. take a breath here. let's go out to the cameras, highway 4, some slow traffic as you head up -- get up to the willow pass grade. as you can see, traffic is moving slowly. as the camera comrate --

operator pans to the right, it's getting better here at willow pass road. on 680 it will be slow in pleasant hill. we're looking at the toll plaza, that traffic is moving along. this morning's commute is going to be -- do i have the maps up here? i don't think i do. 7:55. this is a look at san francisco. we-- we have some breaking news. explosives have been found near portrero. let's go to steve. a few high crowds coming down from oregon but -- clouds coming down from orie ren -- oregon. there are a few subtle hints that we could see a change, kenwood 31.

gilroy, 33. stanford, 36. san anselmo, 38. a very strong system but the bulk of is it heading north. mostly sunny and then mild later. because we're starting off so cold this morning, i don't think we'll be as warm as yesterday. we've lost most of the breeze. higher elevations about 15 to 25 but at the service less than 10. mostly sunny, patchy fog, a little wind here and there but it's dry and warner as we go into the weekend. 7:56. getting sick on a school trip. the number of students affected overnight has gone up. what's being done to bring them home. and what congresswoman's giffords' -- congresswoman giffords' husband said.

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journalists. the second hour of "mornings on 2" starts now. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm mike mibach in for dave clark. it's thursday, february 3rd. let's get right now to sal castanedo in the newsroom where he's working breaking news. >> mike and tori, we have breaking news here in san francisco near the corner of 19th and potrero. there is sa robot that's gone into the building and they've found grenades in this garage here in san francisco. po ter row avenue is -- potrero avenue is shut down in san francisco, one of the busiest streets. they've actually told police officers in the area to duck behind their cars and buildings as they unload the live

grenades. our photographer has a rather large zoom lens. so he's not as close as it appears. there is the robot getting the grenades out of this building in san francisco. 19th and potrero. muni buses have been rerouted. this is quite a big deal for this area. this is one of the police officers here who is watching our crew. i have a feeling he's gonna make sid move in just a moment because -- because of the safety issue. again, grenades, apparently grenades that can explode have been found in a building on potrero avenue. the o whole area of san francisco is shut down as they take care of this problem. we'll let you know more about this as we -- >> hey, sal? >> yes. >> can you give us a sense on how busy this area is -- >> hold on. hold on. i couldn't hear you. >> can you give us a sense of what this area is like? is it residential? is it near buildings?

work buildings? this is potrero avenue. this leads down to san francisco general hospital right there. it parallels highway 101. we're showing you the map because the police officers are actually gonna make our crew move. so potrero avenue is one of san francisco's major streets. here we go. this will be the last picture from this area. in is sa busy street. muni lines come across it. you would see a lot of cars. >> would there be any alternatives for people who want to drive through the area. i would say highway 101 is an alternative. you can go down maybe bryant street getting down into the mission district. you can go down to south van ness instead of potrero. if you want to be on the other side of the freeway you can go to highway 280, interstate 280 and get, you know -- basically, it's a north/south route here in san francisco. they are making a move.

we have to go. we'll be back with more. >> all right. we'll continue to follow this story. these are explosives at 19th and potrero. robot in the building. we will -- i guess we're able to stay here. we can see the rebought moving right now. >> hey, sal, i gotta ask you a question. the whole block is blocked off to traffic. i haven't seen any people meandering around. do you know if evacuations have taken place? >> mike, they told -- they came in and they told people in this block to move. they also told all of the police officers in the area to duck be -- behind their squad scars unless they are a good distance away. the police officers were there -- were there. they actually found out the situation was more dangerous than thought. then they brought the robot in. to answer your question, mike, the people in that building in the nearby buildings have been evacuated. and also the -- we don't show

it here but a lot of the streets around there have been evacuated as well. >> we can see the robot there on the right side of your screen, making some kine of movement obviously trying to check out what these grenades are, whether they are potentially dangerous or could do some harm or damage. obviously the police are being extremely cautious. no word yet i assume on how these were discovered. >> no, we don't know that. we do know the way we heard it. we had a dispatch for fire crew, paramedics and police, which made us stop and pay attention. there's all kinds of people here -- you can see people are being held at a distance. they do have medics and fire on the scene in case the worst were to happen. there we go. this have parking control airs as well.

this is happening on potrero near 18th and 19th, so again -- but to answer your question, we don't know how they found out about this, but they were on the scene for -- they've been on the scene for about an hour and a half now. it looks like the robot is everyone mooing into the garage where the explosive -- moving into the garage where the explosive devices may and it looks like it's moving pretty cautiously. looks like a pretty technical device. >> sal, you keep saying grenades. is it grenades, plural? >> you know, i don't know. i know they are reportedly grenades. that's what we've heard from the police department. we don't know if they are in a box or a vehicle or where they are. but you can see that they are keeping people april way. obviously they are being very -- people away. obviously they are being very careful. i don't know if they have a way of knowing if these grenades

are alive or not. we have the robot that's trying to move them. i am not sure how long potrero will be closed. but it's not looking good for this area here. >> that will an problem potentially for a while. looks to be like a residential garage there. again, this is happening at -- on potrero between 18th and 19th. sal said this is normally an extremely busy area. there are police and parking enforcement officers blocking off this area. they've even advised the police to squat down below thes cars and our cameras are being put away. >> sometimes being out at the situations. usually you are see the bomb squad out there in those big suits. in this instance, at least from our perspective at this angle. haven't seen any of those gentlemen or ladies yet. just the robot in there.

maybe they are getting dressed down at the truck. obviously they brought out everyone to the scene. if it's that serious of a situation to bring out the bomb squad. the robot in the screen picking up some sort of october there. i can't quite tell from that if it's a bag or some type of a grenade in the bag. it looks like it is a bag. moving back to the truck area. >> yeah. it looks like -- it's a suspicious item and we'll presumably bring it back to the truck it was next to and we'll try to do some testing, whether it is live or. flammable or could cause any -- whether it is live or flammable or could cause any damage. it's pretty interesting to watch this unfold. you never know what can happen. that's why police are being so cautious. if you are on the area -- >> pea probably should ameant

this -- we probably should amend this, it's closest to 18th and potrero. that's-- that's where our camera man -- oh, good -- oh, my goodness! did you see that fall out? was that the grenade? >> something just fell out of the bag. >> this is -- you wonder why grenades are in a residential building. obviously this is sa dangerous situation. there's a gym next to the building called new generation health. this is one of san francisco's busiest streets. it doesn't look like it now. you can imagine why police are being so careful with -- with this -- with these grenades that have been found. if they go off, it could have been very dangerous to -- >> there it is. >> there it is. >> don't run over it! >> oh, gosh! >> maybe they don't see it. the front tire is on the

grenade. >> he's rolling over the grenade? are you kidding me here? >> it just rolled off the sidewalk, it looks like. >> wow. i wonder where the operator is in conjunction with the operator. they have a camera mounted on the robot, and they probably could not see the grenade next to the tire at that time. you can see -- i think the pin was still in it, too. again, we don't know for certain if this thing is live. >> we don't know for certain. obviously they are taking all precautions -- well, we don't know what they know, mike. but we know they are being -- that they are being cautious. and judging by the seriousness of the tone of the officers talking about, it i would say these they think these grenades possibly could be a hazard. >> there's all kinds of

grenades. there's smoke grenades that burn and produce smoke. there's ones that can produce shrapnel. small anyone grades, a -- a large grenade has a casualty radius of roughly 15 meters. that's why i would assume they are keeping people far away. this could be very dangerous and very hazardous for people facility area -- for people in the area. >> we saw it run over what definitely looked like a grenade. it's going backwards to try to retrieve it. >> would -- i would assume it's going to put the grenade back on it to get the stat physical. - - status.

this is a story that we are -- certainly bringing to you live and trying to explain it to you as it unfolds this this in front of us. >> sal, you mentioned 18th and potrero avenue, have you heard anything in regards to the muni and ring reboughted in the -- rerouted in the area. some of the -- >> some of the bus lines have been rerouted. they are on trolley. they are delayed in this area. no word if muni is gonna -- they are diesel. about 45 minutes ago, we found out that san francisco police had closed off potrero between 18th and 20th. they have kind of a wide birth here because of explosives found in a garage along potrero in an apartment billing in the garage there. police figured out what they

were and immediately called the bomb squad and shut down of the one of the busiest street. we were looking at it rolling over, it was kind of scary to watch. obviously people are being kept away. right now potrero avenue is shut down. it looks like another mini robot kind of rolled into the forefront of the screen. i don't know if -- if that gives police an extra perspective as they pick up this grenade. >> it looks like the sensor device is trying to bring it up and then do a test on it and then possibly dismantle it, so it's no longer a hazard but by don't know if this is only -- we don't know if this is the only grenade there. we do have a camera person on the scene. but they are dwight adistance away -- quite a distance away for safety reasons.

you can see the area cordoned off and absolutely no activity at this point in the area, other than this robot and police device and cars that are trying to make sure this comes to a safe conclusion. >> 18th and potrero, the entire area shut down to both vehicle an pedestrian traffic. one building there, a residential building has been evacuated. some other businesses in the area, sal mentioned a gym is out there. that's been shut down to people as this robot -- there you see the grenade makes its way to a police vehicle, some sort of garage -- kind of tank where they open up the door, drop it in. close it, drive it is to a safe location, test it to see if it is a line grenade and if it is, they will likely detonate it. >> you wonder how -- i just heard -- they are not sure if had -- if this is a real or

live grenade. as he look it up on one these -- on one of these satellite system. it's indeed that apartment building that we're looking at here. i'm just wondering how they discovered this because they discovered this at about 7:15 a.m. and then they got the bomb squad out there. near are the closures. potrero is closed between 19th and 18th is closed between hampshire and utah. and the muni buses are ring rerouted along potrero avenue. >> we know the grenade was in a bag. we saw it come out. we know it came from the garage. beknownst doe -- we don't know if it was a tip that came in or somebody was cleaning out the garage. it will be interesting to find exactly how police were alerted to this situation on the 600 block of potrero avenue.

that does happen. sometimes people store things and they move and new people come in and it looks like. robot is moving around and trying to pick up another item. it's amazing how accurate it can be with person -- >> sal, you hen mun -- you mentioned the lines -- >> i'm trying to figure that out. we're trying to figure out what those lines are. if you guys can fill in, i'm gonna look it up. >> this is why the san francisco police do the training and respond to the situations and they spend the money to do that and that's what they are doing here. they train, train, train and knew they are executing what

they've been trained so far. >> we've just gotten a statement from the san francisco police department. troy dangerfield does confirm bomb technicians on the scene to investigate the report of some suspicious devices but he does say we're not sure whether they are real or fake and he says potrero avenue has been closed between 189th street and 18 -- 19th street and 18th is closed. even the police are not sure if this is a real or fake grenade. but they are taking serious plea caution -- precaution. >> pretty much all of the vehicles taking up the entire block of potrero avenue. it looks like the bigger robot is going in to pick up something else. i'm not sure if that grenade fell out of the bag it picked up in the garage. we can't see it. >> and again, the grenades were

found, according to the san francisco police department about 7:15 this morning and -- but there's no word on how they were found and what led to the bomb squad being called in. but the technicians arrived just about 16 minutes ago. so we brought you this -- this -- these pictures, pretty quickly as the bomb squad arrived on the scene. this is 6:50 potrero avenue. all of the areas are blocked. this is a busy area. we've not seen many people walking around. we did see when the camera panned around on the side streets that the people were standing by and the police were monitoring next to them so they did not come close to the scene at all. these are two robots that are being coordinated to try to pick -- pick up anymore of these -- any more of these devices. they are being taken away and will be examined to determine what exactly they are made of at this point. >> here it comes.

>> yeah. it looks like it's lifting up another -- it can be -- it could be another grenade there. >> we're seeing the smaller robot just in front of it, appears to be providing another angle for the operator of larger robot that has the object in its grasp making sure to take every precaution as possible as they are dealing with this. >> all right. so-- i'm just chiming in here. several people have called in and e-mailed in and tweeted me. it's at 33 ashbury and the 9 san bruno that run on potrero avenue. the 9 san bruno is one of the busiest truck lines. the trolley, the 33 ashbury is not love -- is not moving because it's on the electrical lines. i also found out the building that we're looking at is not a gym but a health clinic from

san francisco general hospital which is just about three or four blocks away from this scene at 18th and potrero. >> the information i have it's a family planning clinic connected to the san francisco general hospital and not a gym. there is some question about whether this could be part of an anti abortion group trying to threaten or attack that family planning clinic. so that's -- that's taking it to a different level of whether this could be a live grenade and potentially an attack on this family planning clinic which there have been some other attacks in other parts of the bay area and other parts of the you can. it look like the robot has just put another grenade back up into the tank, the device there. the truck -- on the -- on the truck there. and is safely depositing it to be tested. >> two grenades now.

we have two grenades placing in the -- being placed in the truck. we'll see whether it goes down and picks up a third device that may have fallen out of that paper bag or if it goes back to the garage. pretty amazing to see. this is live on our air, knowing that this is what they train for, that operator, again, precisely picking up these grenades. the pressure to do this operation, not knowing, again, if this thing is live or not. >> one of our editors just looked back at the paper bag that the robot initially pick the up and said there were four grenades that fell out. it looks like two have already been retrieved. so obviously there would be another two to be retrieved. the robot still has a little bit of work to do. you can see it moving in. it obviously has a camera mounted on it, so the operators can see -- can see where the other devices are and can grab them and put them in.

they are working quite efficiently. i know the photographer had panned down to the right. there was a mobile command center and that's my assumption that the operate he of this robot is watching, probably on multiple screens, different angles that the camera is providing. the camera on the bigger one and on the smaller one, that you see on the front there, on potrero avenue. two grenades now in the tank. according to our eddieder, four -- editor four? >> four. >> there's number three coming up. >> on of our viewers called in and said that -- that being a military man he recognizes those ren grades as world war ii era grenades. this is one of our -- according to one of our viewers. he says they are pretty stable once the pin is pulled before after that they begin to

deteriorate. the police obviously are being very careful with these devices putting them in the back of this vehicle. >> we've heard reports of this before where sometimes previous owners will just leave various devices in a garage and then move out realizing that they left them's behind -- left them behind. so it could be a rather innocuous reason why they are there. they could potentially be dangerous. sanfrancisco police have told us they don't know if they are real or fake but they are obviously taking extreme plea caution done to make sure there's no harm done. extreme precaution but moving fairly quickly to get these things and devices out of the street and into the -- into this tank and then drive them out of there. according to lieutenant troy dangerfield, they arrived on scene just about a half hour ago to investigate this.

and here we are at grenade number three being put in the tank. i think they are moving quite quickly to remove the -- to resolve the situation out there. >> it is such a busy area and they don't want to disrupt people there. but safety comes first to try to keep things under control. >> this is happening on potrero between 19th and 18th in the 600 block. 650 potrero avenue this -- avenue is the garage where the grenades were found. there were four of them in the bag. the devices put -- the robot has put three of them back into the truck there on the right of the screen. >> for those of you just joining us, about 15 minute the ago, when we first -- minute ago, when we first had this live picture up, this robot was carrying some kind of paper bag and was bridging that bag with the bag -- bringing that bag with the -- and that san francisco atlantis truck. in the process of bringing the

bag over, the bag opened up and grenades fell on the street. in fact, the robot had actually run over the grenades live or on air -- live on our air and then we brought back -- >> we do new video? >> i think it's video of the -- that the robot -- >> here it was. this is about 15, 20 minutes ago. there they go. i think the operator at that time realized it but didn't see where the grenades went. but we saw it on our air and the front right tire of that large irrobot ran over one of the grenades and kicked it to the side. >> i have to tell you, mike, when i saw -- when that happened, the thing rolled over, the grenade, i was thinking oh, my goodness. i love live tv but not like this. >> and then you said the world war ii viewer calmed in --

>> what you are looking at is the wheel running over the grenade and on the left are live pictures of the two robots from the bomb squad trying to retrieve the fourth and final grenade as -- as far as we know. >> i want to ask the directors if -- at some point if we could put up the map just to show people where this is. i do have a map. i-- we're kind of zoomed in tight here but this is potrero avenue just a few blocks away. there it is. just a few blocks away from general hospital. you can see on the map there. it's right next to highway 101. potrero avenue. a lot of people have bailed on 101 and just used po ver row as an alternate. it runs this front of the general hospital and 24th street in san francisco which is obviously one of the biggest streets in the city. the munis abouts, lines 33 runs in there. it's a busy street that's been shut down for more than an hour because of this police

activity. >> and sal, the -- do they bring the buses over and they reroute them? >> well, what muni tries to do, on the trowelly -- trolley buses, what they try to do is, they try to have bus bridges, mike, in between where they have to stop. that's a huge delay. the 9 san bruno is not a trolley bus. it's a diesel bus. so buses could go around the block for a few blocks and get back on the route. but the 3, can't do that. >> got it. got it. >> but the 343 can't do that -- 33 can't do that. >> it's 8:26. >> they -- it looks like they have two devices of pinchers, if you will, that can come at it from different angles. we can't exactly see where the fourth grenade is on the ground. it looks like they are trying

to come at it from a possible possible angles to grab it and then put it in the truck at this money -- at this point. they almost like like lego -- look like lego devices or some kind of sophisticated toys. but obviously they are expensive device that help the bomb squad and help deep officers safe -- keep officers safe and remove these potentially dangerous items. >> it looks like the bigger robot heading back to maybe where the garage is open. >> yeah. >> >> the situation -- in situations like this, they want every angle possible. as we saw, they didn't have one angle there when they ran over the grenade, just after the 8:00 hour here.

>> but fortunately, that did not lead to any major problems. but this is, again, just unfolding. live for you on our television, on ktvu. the-- they are attempting to retrieve several grenades, again, not known if they are real or fake in a garage in san francisco and potrero avenue the bomb squads are working to get the final grenade from the safe and remove it so it can be removed from the scene. >> it looks like they are retreating now a little bit. so maybe there was just three in there and there was a fourth in the garage and they will poke around a little bit to see what they can fi. we're not quite sure -- they can find. we're not quite sure if the paper bag was in garage, whether it was on its own, sitting on a chair. when we started to watch these pictures live, the paper bag was pretty much on its way out.

>> right. it looked like it was on the front left corner of the garage, with odds and ends like most people have in their garage. >> i just found out -- we have an overview of the area. i want to tell people where this is it -- where this is in san francisco. the suspicious device was found near 19th and potrero, a few blocks away from general hospital. you can see northbound 101, it kine of curves, that's why they call it hospital curve there. it's right next to the freeway. the police are on the scene. we have these live pictures and we'll have more on this and the rest of moat moot when we come back right -- rest of "mornings on 2" when we come back right after this. we'll be back.

once again, we want to give you an update that four grenades were found in a garage 234 san francisco in the 600 block of potrero avenue. this is video of the bomb squad robot that's been working for the last half hour to remove those grenades. they were originally in a bag and as you can see, the bag was being lifted up by the robot and then the grenades fell out. the-- the robot has had to very carefully grab each of those grenades and put them into the police truck. there are -- four of them, we don't know if they are real or fake but we've had reports they certainly look look -- look like something from the world war ii area. we have a crew on the scene or on the way to the scene. and also the police lieutenant is on his way to the scene and we'll doesn't to follow this and give you an update shortly.

>> again, this happening in the 600 block of potrero, 18th and -- potrero. the police were called out initially -- we're in the sure why they were culled out but possibly to those explosive device found in the garage on the 600 block of potrero avenue. once they moved out, they have moved quickly. they've been using two robots. a larger one there that grabbed the bags and once the grenades fell out of the bag, a smaller robot came in with the camera attached to the top of it to give the robot operator a perspective of the different angle. it picked up the grenades with the grass of the -- i am not sure what they call it. >> i call them pinchers. >> pinchers -- and putting them in -- >> and -- we -- we have found

out about muni, the 33 ashbury is severely delayed. the buses are staking up at either end of this closure. people have just been getting off the bus and just walking around this closure. the 9 san bruno which is a diesel bus that's been driving around. the 9 express runs on the freeway at this time. so that's not affected. the muni closureses and also the street closures have put a lot of traffic -- i was looking at the 101 picture just a little while ago. we have a picture of 101 and a lot of people are on that. so northbound 101 has become the alternate route. i also got a couple of suites -- tweets. people are still not being let into this area in san francisco. >> all right. you said it earlier, a busy morning in san francisco. fires in the castro district and a suspicious device or a

number of them found there in potrero hill. we want to move on to other news in the bay area. a total number of bay area -- number of bay area children who fell sick overnight, we've learned of arrangements to pick up more students. kraig debro has more from novato. >> reporter: i'm at san ramon elementary school in novato. i've just learned in the past 90 minutes, nine more people at the ranch have gotten sick overnight because of this mysterious illness. this is from the superintendent telling people that now the county health department is involved and the principal there in the office is making arrangements to pick up 20 more students that go to this school from walk irranch. the principal at the ranch says most of those who are ill are students. some them -- some of them are -- campers started to get sick

yesterday afternoon. no one knows what the illness is or how the people got sick. >> we have what we believe was a -- some kind of a viral flu bug where students were getting stick to their stomachs. maybe vomit -- mainly vomiting, a little diarrhea. >> reporter: students from the redwood day in oakland and tsaahara hills are on the trip. their parents didn't get the emergency messages that wrest -- that were left on their phones -- once there, they students take day trips and study science in its -- in its natural habitat. reporting live in novato, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:36. three poofs -- three fires in

the same neighborhood, just in the past few hours. they were blocks apart, ktvu's claudine wong has been gathering information all morning. we gist spoke to one of the owners of the -- she just spoke to one of the owners of the building. >> reporter: i just talked to the own -- the owner here, he's the one in the ballpark cap -- ball cap. the fires, there are three of them, this one at 16 s&pth is the third -- at 17th and harford -- hartford was the most recent location. it started before 6:00 and the owner renovating this historic building says he's sure this fire is not an accident. >> i knew it wasn't me because we turned power off there at

night. >> so there was no power -- >> no. the power switch is right there. there's no power of the -- there's no power in the corner of the building. so it's clear that somebody did this. >> firefighters are also suspicious of this fire on 16th and market, these are the flames caught by the victim as he sat helplessly watching the flames. he was about one of 16 people displaced. everyone got out safely. we were all watching this firefight when we heard about the fires. here's how one of the victims respond -- reacted. >> i heard -- i heard tear was another fire around the dorn -- there was another fire around the corner. >> hard to believe? >> yes. >> reporter: and we've learned that a firefighter lost their footing. they were able to catch themselves and everyone is

okay. there were about 100 firefighters at the scene. two of these fires were second alarms. they are trying to get this fire out and underway. back out here live at 17th at -- back out here live at 17th and hartford. certainly, very concerning for the folks out here. three fires. just a couple of hours -- just a couple of hours and blocks away. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. and the fires impacting traffic on market street for a good portion of the morning. let's check in with sal. >> right now, northbound 101 is also afifthed by heavy truck coming up around the hospital curve. potrero avenue, as you know, is closed and a lot of people are getting on 101 and 101 is usually not this crowded. but these people are having to get over to this part of up to. perhaps those not familiar with the mission enough to use those streets like bryant or south

van ness. so they are on 101 trying to get out to the lower deck the bay bridge. now i want to show you, the scene where the explosive device is. two grenades have been found in an apartment building on potrero avenue, closest to 18th in a garage. the robot, we saw it earlier putting these two grand nateing na the -- grenades in the back of a special vehicle and these grenades will be taken away by the bomb squad. right now, potrero avenue remains closed. and in oakland, 880 northbound, slowing as you pass the coliseum. here's steve. thank you, sir. mostly sunny. we do have high clouds. there's also some patchy fog on the coast. there was some ver early on the morning on the sonoma/marin coast. a very good tweet. the person goes by the name of ocean beach. solid information. patchy fog, and then a block

away it's sunny. if you are near the coast -- what the heck? there's some fog but that's really the only bugaboo in the forecast. it's cold this morning. if you want to tweet me information, sp weather. fairfield, 33. livermore, 34. santarosa, 3. had a 31 up toward st. helena. napa, 34. 30s for many. sanfrancisco did make it down to 34. i saw that. 37 redwood city, paul low alto was -- palo alto was 36. we'll go 58 and 63 for a high today. a lot of sunshine. but no doubt it. a cold beginning to this day. the higher clouds just dropping down out of the north.

a whopper after system, there's no sign of anything coming in here until maybe the 14th and 15th. we'll see one of the forecast models brought rain back. it would make sense. a little pattern change might develop next week. after a cold morning we'll have sunshine and then mostly sunny. some higher clouds. 60s, low to mid. upper 50s on the coast. 6, san mateo. sanjose, 64. livermore, 61. 59 half moon bay. santacruz, 62. except for night and morning patchy fog. it will be sunny and warmer as we go into the weekend. tori? mike? >> thank you, steve. we want to go back to our breaking news. several grenades found in potrero avenue. sanfrancisco police lieutenant troy lang -- troy dangerfield is live on the phone. what is the situation there? >> good morning, tori. this morning at about 7:15.

there was a call about some grenades by the residents here in the 600 block of po ter row. we're underring that the owner of the -- we're understanding that the owner of the building was 29 and passed away and they were cleaning -- 92 and passed away and they were cleaning out, the family was and they found these grenades. and they called the police immediately. so as a precaution, the bomb squad is out there. they are also checking the house for -- for any other things that might be around and left as well. >> lieutenant, mike mibach here. can you tell us -- you said five to six grenades. when you get the grenades secure, where do you take them? >> i'm not sure where they take them and i'm not for sure where they -- whether they are real or not. they are gonna -- gonna -- gonna dispose of them and they are cordenning often the two- block area of potrero. there's no one in the building.

>> down how long they are gonna keep that -- dune how long they are gonna keep the area cordoned off? >> well, they are gonna make sure there is -- there's nothing inside. but they are going to take their time and be safe about it. >> were people actually evacuated from that building on the 600 block of potrero. the person they were supposed to be there is not there, from my understanding. so the relative that was kleeing the -- cleaning the garage was the only one that was there. >> can you talk a little bit about -- we say this unfold live on our air, we saw two robots, a bigger one, a smaller one. can you take us to the process. i don't know if san francisco police officers a in bomb suits approach the garage first and then the robots. how does the process work. i'm not a bomb tech but these

officers are and they know how to these dings safely. -- things safely. the robots are highly trained to do this. >> we're looking live at newschopper2 of a police truck, it looks like and several officers but a dog as we. so lieutenant, i'm managing the dog has the role of sniffing out and seeing if there are any other suspicious device? >> absolutely. that's what the dog is here for. and then that -- and they are trained to let the officers know everything is safe. >> we've heard of this situation before, where people have moved or passed on -- do you know what is being done to determine if they are live or fake?

>> well, they are speaking to relatives and they are trying to see if where they come from, and if they are live. >> again,let, you think that area could be hope -- lieutenant, you think that area could be opened up in the next hour. >> i don't want to say. i-- >> and is sounds like the relative is deeing coop rave rah tib -- cooperative -- relative is being cooperative. >> oh, yeah, they called police immediately when they found the devices. >> thank you for your time, lieutenant. the previous homeowner had passed away, a family member was cleaning out the garage, found what looked like five to six grenades in a box in the garage, called the police right away and they had been on the scene since.

they removed the grenade-like devices. they don't know if they are real or fake but now they will be sweeping the entire home and they will keep the area blocked off for the immediate future. >> i want -- i want to see -- i'm talking on the two-way to our chopper. you can pull out just to see what traffic effect this is having on the area. as i mentioned, this is one of san francisco's busiest streets and he is pulling back here. can you tilt up for me. i want to see the closure, i want to see what this is doing here to traffic on potrero avenue. you have to think with this busy street going on two hours now, some of the side streets and freeways have really taken a beating because of it. as we widen out, you can see it doesn't look all that bad close to the scene. i would be interested to see maybe later on, we can look near general hospital which is

basically the chapter -- chopper sitting at -- right there at 4th. i bet it's a mess for people coming off the freeway there, they get on potrero, and then there is a big closure. >> that's 101 -- i believe that's north. the traffic heading down here looks like it's moving nicely. this is the area with where the grenade-like devices were found. sal mentioned it's a very busy street so it's inevitable to have an impact -- impact on traffic. >> and as the lieutenant said, he doesn't know when the 600 block and the -- and the block surrounding it are gonna reopen -- reopen it. now they are using the dogs to go in and sweep that one garage and actually the entire building i would imagine. >> yeah. it looks like they still have quite a few -- it looks look there is an ambulance there on

the right of the screen as well as that police truck with all of the equipment on it that the lieutenant was telling us about earlier. we did see the dog -- they did put the robots away. we saw them put them away in the truck. they've been removed as well as the grenades. but they want to make sure that sears -- make sure there's nothing else in that home that could be dangerous. >> and on the left side of the screen, that's where they were removing the grenades which were initially in a paper bag and placed them in the truck. it's hitched to a device there. not a device another tank. where -- where they put the tank -- they were haul them away to some area and evaluate and most likely detonate them. the fact that the -- the lieutenant mentioned that a 92- year-old man had owned the building, that makes you think maybe he was a world war ii buff and we had we had a viewer

call in who said it look thed like world war 2 -- looked like world war ii devices. >> it just layses the question -- raises the question, why would you keep those? there are plenty of ear items you can put on display. >> this brings up a good point. they made replica grenades. up to a little while ago. you can -- up until a little while ago, cow buy them and then -- the police thought twice about that because if these are replicas there is a local whole lot of manpower wasted on these grenades. obviously you don't know -- when you come upon it, you don't know if it's a replica. some of these replicas look real. >> we'll continue to follow this. we're gonna take a short break.

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belonged to a 92-year-old man that passed away. the police department said they found five or six grenades. those grenades have been safely removed and taken away into the san francisco police truck, where, most likely, they will be detonated. jade hernandez is now live at the scene. jade, hello. >> reporter: well, good morning. we're live at mariposa and potrero. want to step outed a show you where police have blocked the road off. i think we can show you the devices out here. as a crew, we've been watching "mornings on 2." as we were driving up the peninsula, a bomb squad pulled up the scene. we understand six grenades were found. a relative of the 92-year-old man was cleaning out his garage and he found six grenades. he wasn't sure whether it was

five or six but when he called police he realized there were six grenades inside. that resident called police immediately. we're showing you the san francisco bomb squad out here. this is a robotic device. and when that device pulling the grenades out, three of the grenades initially fell out of the bag. one of the robots pick the up the robot again. a fourth grenade fell out and the robot rolled owl -- rolled out. i want you to hear what police had to say about the initial evacuation. police responded. the building was evacuated. there's only one resident that occupies the building. the rest of the building is unoccupied. at this point we've set up a perimeter and now the eid is on scene. apparently the resident of the building was cleaning the garage. it looks like the garage has not been in service for a while. they were able to locate the

grenades in that brown bag. we're live at mariposa. you can see police are still blocking off the roads here. a lot of police activity a couple of way -- a couple of blocks away. the grenades have been hauled away. we'll continue to follow this. we're live in san francisco. jade hernandez. back to you on the desk. >> thank you, jade. obviously we will continue to follow this on our web, ktvu.com. and of course, have updates at noon. he these are live pictures of newschopper2 from the area. we want to check in with -- check in with sal. it looks like traffic is moving pretty well. >> it looks like they've -- tori, it looks like they've opened up some of the streets. eshier you saw the closure -- the closure near general hospital. it looks like they've opened some of these trees and people hearing about this have been staying a way from the area.

you can see the cars are being turned around there and taking a detour. you see on the left of your screen. top left there. but pretty soon that's gonna be reopened. >> sal, there were some fires earlier in the castro area. has that all been cleared out? >> yes. most of those streets have been safe for -- closed. but market's open. >> you said it earlier. firefighters are busy, police officers and bomb squad text with the san francisco police department quite busy. >> so there is actually a press conference that will be going on shortly concerning the grenades that were found on potrero avenue. we'll be dreaming -- we'll be streaming that live. we'll have the latest on ktvu channel 2 news at noon. i want to thank everyone for

watching. as would -- as we go we want to continue to so you -- to he somehow the live pictures. it looks like they are beginning to open up the streets that were blocked off because of these devices found at about 6:00 this morning. police officer leaving the scene and hoping to clear up the area in that neighborhood. >> it doesn't look like the traffic is too bad now. it looks like he's giving the signal to wrap it you. it looks like potrero avenue near general hospital will be opening soon. >> that will do it for us. thank you for joining us. have a great day.